Thursday, March 12, 2015

NPA apology on Davao landmine attack superficial -- Baladad

From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 12): NPA apology on Davao landmine attack superficial -- Baladad

Eastern Mindanao Command head Lt. Gen. Aurelio Baladad on Thursday downplayed the New People's Army (NPA) efforts to apologize for their landmine attack which damaged a patrol vehicle and wounded three police officers last March 8 in Davao City.

"Their apology is superficial. The issue here is that the NPA laid the mines on a busy road, disregarding the safety of civilians. It is a clear violation of the CARHRIHL (Comprehensive Agreement on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law) which they claim they are adhering to. The premature detonation could have also hit civilian motorists plying the road," he said.

Earlier, the NPAs apologized to Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and claimed that the landmine attack was just an accident.

"The continuous disregard by the NPAs of International Humanitarian Law through the use of landmines, is a clear manifestation that they have no regard for the safety of the innocent civilians," Baladad said.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=743712

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